Gamma Scientific has announced the release of their new handheld spectrophotometer for spectral evaluation of LEDs, OLEDs, CFLs, displays and traditional lamps
The GS-1150 spectrophotometer is a stand-alone instrument designed for lighting installers, designers and engineers who require accurate, low cost spectral measurements. With a spectroradiometer-based design, the GS-1150 provides unprecedented accuracy for a handheld spectrophotometer. The GS-1150 spectrophotometer features a full-color, LCD touch-screen display and Android based software for intuitive operation...
Merck Millipore, the Life Science division of Merck, has introduced Amicon® Pro Purification System for Protein Purification
This centrifugal device streamlines the affinity purification workflow and minimizes protein loss. Users experience consistent, accurate sample preparation, resulting in more reliable recovery, uncompromised purity and easier data generation.
Centrifugal device streamlines the affinity purification workflow and minimizes protein loss
Combines the bind, wash, elute, buffer exchange and concentration steps into one device
Supports additional applications including depletion of abundant proteins, protein enrichment and clean-up of antibody labeling reactions
It is with much sadness that we write to inform you that Bernie finally lost his battle with a liver condition, with which he had been suffering for the past few years, and died on Saturday evening at around 8:30pm in the UK. The effects of the liver disease had become more pronounced in recent months and, despite various medical attempts to try and treat him, the condition worsened and also started to affect his other major organs. Bernie died peacefully, his wife Jude and son Kevin were with him....
Porvair Sciences announces new versions of its MiniVap and UltraVap blowdown evaporators that use warm air or nitrogen to speed up the evaporation of common HPLC solvents such as dichloromethane, methanol and acetonitrile from sample vials, significantly improving throughput and removing this common laboratory bottleneck
Combining a new 48-well needle head with a dedicated HPLC vial holder that accepts 48 standard 1.5ml vials* transforms any MiniVap or UltraVap system into a high throughput HPLC sample evaporator. Applications that will benefit from the new HPLC sample evaporators include pre-concentration prior to injection (to increase sensitivity) as well as evaporation to dryness of post-column fractions for recovery of compounds....
Read MoreISOLUTE Myco SPE columns, a dedicated product for the efficient extraction of mycotoxins from food matricesApr 9, 2013
Biotage has announced the launch of ISOLUTE® Myco SPE columns, a new product for the ‘catch and release’ clean up of mycotoxins from food matrices, prior to analysis by LC-MS/MS
The ISOLUTE® Myco sorbent is a proprietary polymeric phase (patent pending) optimized for the extraction of a broad spectrum of mycotoxins from a wide range of foodstuffs; enabling chemists to utilize a single SPE product to extract all relevant mycotoxins from an individual foodstuff. Using a single, easy to use sample preparation product, along with optimized matrix specific application notes, scientists can prepare diverse samples for analysis by LC-MS/MS...
In a move that further strengthens support for customers in the UK, leading optical emission and X-ray fluorescence spectrometry company SPECTRO Analytical has appointed Jennifer Horner to the new role of UK Applications Specialist
Jennifer has academic qualifications in chemistry, biology and environmental management, and professional experience in environmental and water testing laboratories, using a wide range of analytical techniques. Steve Allott , Manager SPECTRO UK and Ireland, said, “I’m delighted to welcome Jennifer to the team. I know that our customers in the UK will benefit greatly from her analytical knowledge and laboratory experience as she supports them with method development and the implementation of best practice.”
Thermo Scientific TriPlus 300 Headspace Autosampler features 120-vial sample tray and 18-vial incubation capacity for high-throughput capability
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, has introduced the Thermo Scientific TriPlus 300 Headspace Autosampler, designed for fast start-up, high productivity, and flexibility for analyzing organic volatiles. Throughput of this new valve-and-loop headspace autosampler is enhanced by its 120-vial sample tray capacity and large 18-vial incubation oven overlap capacity, enabling long, unattended high-throughput runs....
Spectro Inc., a global supplier of oil and fuel analysis instruments to industry and the military, has been awarded a U.S. patent for an innovative flip- top sample head for infrared spectrometers used in fluids analysis
Compared to conventional flow-through cells, the patented head’s flip-top cell improves convenience and efficiency while enabling rapid, precise, quantitative sample analysis. Unlike an enclosed flow-through cell, the flip-top cell features two separable hinged plates. After a sample is placed on one plate window, the plates are coupled together to define a sample chamber with a predetermined thickness, maintaining the fixed path distance necessary for accurate spectroscopic analysis...
Chromeleon 7.2 chromatography data system supports mass spectrometry along with liquid, gas and ion chromatography to simplify workflows
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, has introduced the next generation of its gold-standard Chromeleon chromatography data system (CDS), which now supports mass spectrometry along with mainstream front-end separation techniques in the same software package. Thermo Scientific Dionex Chromeleon 7.2 CDS bridges the gap between gas, liquid, or ion chromatography and mass spectrometry to offer enterprise-wide gains in laboratory productivity....
Based on customer demand Waters Corporation today announced improvements to the Waters Alliance HPLC System. The updated system will maintain key Alliance performance specifications and control algorithms to ensure that analysts can seamlessly replicate their existing methods
“The Alliance HPLC System has been the benchmark for HPLC in the laboratory for nearly two decades. Because of its dependability, high quality and flexible operation, tens of thousands of these systems are used every day to run methods varying from USP monographs to polymer analyses,” said Ian King, Vice President of Separation Technologies for the Waters Division. “Since its introduction, the Alliance HPLC System has been continually enhanced accommodating an enormous range of separation challenge...
Read MorePorvair Sciences Expands Product Range for EpigeneticsApr 4, 2013
Porvair Sciences has announced the addition of the novel Chromatrap chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) assay range to its portfolio of products for epigenetics
Developed in conjunction with Department of Life Sciences at University of Swansea, UK - Chromatrap® uses a solid phase porous polymer functionalised with protein A, allowing the chromatin capture to be more efficient than bead based methods. The Chromatrap spin column approach offers significant advantages compared to methods based on sepharose or magnetic beads, which involve many steps of separation, pipetting and re-suspension. Independent tests with Chromatrap demonstrate levels of DNA pull down up to 25 times higher than with traditional bead based procedures, excellent DNA enrichment with signal-to-noise ratios typically 2 to 3 times better than competing procedures...
Read MoreMarkes International launches new low-flow sampling pump for thermal desorptionApr 3, 2013
Markes International (Llantrisant, UK) has announced the launch of the ACTI-VOC™ low-flow sampling pump specifically for thermal desorption tubes
ACTI-VOC is a robust low-flow pump for sampling vapour-phase organic compounds (VOCs) onto sorbent tubes for subsequent analysis by thermal desorption (TD)–GC(MS). Being lightweight, easy-to-use and intrinsically safe, ACTI-VOC is ideal for personal monitoring and a wide range of other air and gas sampling applications. Unlike other personal monitoring pumps on the market, ACTI-VOC is optimised for sampling onto TD tubes, and automatically compensates for different impedances, ensuring constant flow rates whatever the sorbent packing....
New Thermo Scientific solid-core particle phases, diquat/paraquat columns, size exclusion columns and SureStop 9mm vials exhibited at Pittcon 2013
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, have featured a number of new chromatography consumables during Pittcon 2013, being held in Philadelphia from March 17-21, 2013. Among them are several columns designed for improved analysis of chemical compounds. The company has added five phases to its family of Thermo Scientific Accucore solid core HPLC columns...
Thermo Fisher Scientific is pleased to announce a new carbohydrate column, the Thermo Scientific™ CarboPac™ PA10 (0.4 x 50 mm) Capillary Column, optimized for the high sensitivity determination of amino, neutral, and acidic monosaccharides found in carbohydrate moieties of mammalian glycoproteins. The column is also ideal for the separation of alditols and sugars in matrices such as fruits and vegetables
This new polymeric column is packed with 10 μm diameter non-porous beads featuring a cross-linked structure to ensure long column life and stability from pH 0–14 at all concentrations of buffer salts. Advantages of this column include simple, isocratic separations, gradient compatibility, and sample derivatization is not required. The column should be of interest to researchers and chemists in the food and beverage, pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical markets...
Oxford Instruments have created the EMR Education Pack to facilitate the reintroduction of Electron Magnetic Resonance (EPR/ESR) to the undergraduate curriculum. The pack has been designed to be used with the AffirmoEX, the world’s smallest, simplest-to-use, and most affordable benchtop EMR instrument
The EMR Education Pack comprises three elements: a PowerPoint presentation introducing the concepts and practical applications of EMR; a Laboratory Manual including a step-by-step guide to sample preparation and the operation of the AffirmoEX; and a set of four practical experiments, illustrating the value of EMR to organic, inorganic, and physical chemistry....
J.G. Finneran is the original designer and manufacturer of the Patented Top Hat™ Septa assembled in a polypropylene 24-400mm closure for use with 20mL, 30mL, 40mL and 60mL sampling vials
No need for bonding, the .125” thick Top Hat™ PTFE/silicone septa and closure are designed to provide a positive physical lock to assure that the preassembled components arrive intact. The unique septa/liner is molded to provide a leak proof seal....
RSA (Reduced Surface Activity) Glass vials are produced by a revolutionary new patent pending production process that virtually eliminates all silanols and produces glass which has a greatly reduced surface activity for basic compounds
RSA Glass vials are not coated or silanized. The lack of surface silanols make RSA Glass vials an excellent choice for many applications. If you are working with sensitive compounds commonly found in natural products, biological samples or chemical synthesis, the glass wall of your vial could be a problem for basic compounds. With RSA Glass vials this problem is eliminated....
Read MoreGenova Nano Mar 25, 2013
Jenway launches the highly versatile Genova Nano, a 3-in-1 life science, standard and micro-volume spectrophotometer
With all the same features and benefits of the Genova Plus life science instrument, Genova Nano includes a micro-volume accessory for highly accurate measurement of DNA, RNA and protein in sample volumes as low as 0.5µl. The ability to measure very small volumes makes Genova Nano the perfect analysis tool for measuring the purity and concentration of biological samples. With such small volumes there is minimal sample loss – a significant advantage for DNA researchers and other labs where there is limited availability of sample....
Waters Re-Ignites Innovation in the Chemical Materials Market with ACQUITY APC
Waters ushered in the next era in polymer discovery with the introduction of the ACQUITY APC System. The system, which was developed in collaboration with The Dow Chemical Company, delivers dramatically improved polymer peak resolution, particularly for low molecular weight polymers and oligomers up to 20 times faster than traditional gel permeation chromatography (GPC)...
Read MorePANalytical launches new XRF analysis softwareMar 21, 2013
New software offers convenience, speed and accuracy
PANalytical, the world's leading supplier of analytical X-ray equipment and software, is set to launch its new software for X-ray fluorescence (XRF) systems. PANalytical developed Stratos, a brand new software package, for both the Epsilon 3 and Axios spectrometer ranges. The company will also be releasing an upgrade of the FingerPrint software for the Epsilon 3 range...
Read MoreWaters and DANI Instruments Announce Integrated and Compatible NetworkMar 19, 2013
Waters Empower Software Now Works Seamlessly with DANI Headspace and GC instruments
Waters Corporation (NYSE: WAT) and DANI Instruments today announced that Waters® Empower® Chromatography Data Software now provides control for DANI Headspace and Gas Chromatography instruments. Through this partnership, customers will now be able to take advantage of the full potential of both companies.Empower Software enables laboratory-based organizations to protect their original instrument investment by controlling a vast range of chromatographic modules, connecting them to arguably the most powerful data management system and reporting tool in the industry...
The GS-1150 spectrophotometer is a stand-alone instrument designed for lighting installers, designers and engineers who require accurate, low cost spectral measurements. With a spectroradiometer-based design, the GS-1150 provides unprecedented accuracy for a handheld spectrophotometer. The GS-1150 spectrophotometer features a full-color, LCD touch-screen display and Android based software for intuitive operation...
This centrifugal device streamlines the affinity purification workflow and minimizes protein loss. Users experience consistent, accurate sample preparation, resulting in more reliable recovery, uncompromised purity and easier data generation.
It is with much sadness that we write to inform you that Bernie finally lost his battle with a liver condition, with which he had been suffering for the past few years, and died on Saturday evening at around 8:30pm in the UK. The effects of the liver disease had become more pronounced in recent months and, despite various medical attempts to try and treat him, the condition worsened and also started to affect his other major organs. Bernie died peacefully, his wife Jude and son Kevin were with him....
Combining a new 48-well needle head with a dedicated HPLC vial holder that accepts 48 standard 1.5ml vials* transforms any MiniVap or UltraVap system into a high throughput HPLC sample evaporator. Applications that will benefit from the new HPLC sample evaporators include pre-concentration prior to injection (to increase sensitivity) as well as evaporation to dryness of post-column fractions for recovery of compounds....
The ISOLUTE® Myco sorbent is a proprietary polymeric phase (patent pending) optimized for the extraction of a broad spectrum of mycotoxins from a wide range of foodstuffs; enabling chemists to utilize a single SPE product to extract all relevant mycotoxins from an individual foodstuff. Using a single, easy to use sample preparation product, along with optimized matrix specific application notes, scientists can prepare diverse samples for analysis by LC-MS/MS...
Jennifer has academic qualifications in chemistry, biology and environmental management, and professional experience in environmental and water testing laboratories, using a wide range of analytical techniques. Steve Allott , Manager SPECTRO UK and Ireland, said, “I’m delighted to welcome Jennifer to the team. I know that our customers in the UK will benefit greatly from her analytical knowledge and laboratory experience as she supports them with method development and the implementation of best practice.”
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, has introduced the Thermo Scientific TriPlus 300 Headspace Autosampler, designed for fast start-up, high productivity, and flexibility for analyzing organic volatiles. Throughput of this new valve-and-loop headspace autosampler is enhanced by its 120-vial sample tray capacity and large 18-vial incubation oven overlap capacity, enabling long, unattended high-throughput runs....
Compared to conventional flow-through cells, the patented head’s flip-top cell improves convenience and efficiency while enabling rapid, precise, quantitative sample analysis. Unlike an enclosed flow-through cell, the flip-top cell features two separable hinged plates. After a sample is placed on one plate window, the plates are coupled together to define a sample chamber with a predetermined thickness, maintaining the fixed path distance necessary for accurate spectroscopic analysis...
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, has introduced the next generation of its gold-standard Chromeleon chromatography data system (CDS), which now supports mass spectrometry along with mainstream front-end separation techniques in the same software package. Thermo Scientific Dionex Chromeleon 7.2 CDS bridges the gap between gas, liquid, or ion chromatography and mass spectrometry to offer enterprise-wide gains in laboratory productivity....
“The Alliance HPLC System has been the benchmark for HPLC in the laboratory for nearly two decades. Because of its dependability, high quality and flexible operation, tens of thousands of these systems are used every day to run methods varying from USP monographs to polymer analyses,” said Ian King, Vice President of Separation Technologies for the Waters Division. “Since its introduction, the Alliance HPLC System has been continually enhanced accommodating an enormous range of separation challenge...
Developed in conjunction with Department of Life Sciences at University of Swansea, UK - Chromatrap® uses a solid phase porous polymer functionalised with protein A, allowing the chromatin capture to be more efficient than bead based methods. The Chromatrap spin column approach offers significant advantages compared to methods based on sepharose or magnetic beads, which involve many steps of separation, pipetting and re-suspension. Independent tests with Chromatrap demonstrate levels of DNA pull down up to 25 times higher than with traditional bead based procedures, excellent DNA enrichment with signal-to-noise ratios typically 2 to 3 times better than competing procedures...
ACTI-VOC is a robust low-flow pump for sampling vapour-phase organic compounds (VOCs) onto sorbent tubes for subsequent analysis by thermal desorption (TD)–GC(MS). Being lightweight, easy-to-use and intrinsically safe, ACTI-VOC is ideal for personal monitoring and a wide range of other air and gas sampling applications. Unlike other personal monitoring pumps on the market, ACTI-VOC is optimised for sampling onto TD tubes, and automatically compensates for different impedances, ensuring constant flow rates whatever the sorbent packing....
The new applications are freely available from the Metrohm website. The new ANs are...
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, have featured a number of new chromatography consumables during Pittcon 2013, being held in Philadelphia from March 17-21, 2013. Among them are several columns designed for improved analysis of chemical compounds. The company has added five phases to its family of Thermo Scientific Accucore solid core HPLC columns...
This new polymeric column is packed with 10 μm diameter non-porous beads featuring a cross-linked structure to ensure long column life and stability from pH 0–14 at all concentrations of buffer salts. Advantages of this column include simple, isocratic separations, gradient compatibility, and sample derivatization is not required. The column should be of interest to researchers and chemists in the food and beverage, pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical markets...
The EMR Education Pack comprises three elements: a PowerPoint presentation introducing the concepts and practical applications of EMR; a Laboratory Manual including a step-by-step guide to sample preparation and the operation of the AffirmoEX; and a set of four practical experiments, illustrating the value of EMR to organic, inorganic, and physical chemistry....
No need for bonding, the .125” thick Top Hat™ PTFE/silicone septa and closure are designed to provide a positive physical lock to assure that the preassembled components arrive intact. The unique septa/liner is molded to provide a leak proof seal....
RSA Glass vials are not coated or silanized. The lack of surface silanols make RSA Glass vials an excellent choice for many applications. If you are working with sensitive compounds commonly found in natural products, biological samples or chemical synthesis, the glass wall of your vial could be a problem for basic compounds. With RSA Glass vials this problem is eliminated....
With all the same features and benefits of the Genova Plus life science instrument, Genova Nano includes a micro-volume accessory for highly accurate measurement of DNA, RNA and protein in sample volumes as low as 0.5µl. The ability to measure very small volumes makes Genova Nano the perfect analysis tool for measuring the purity and concentration of biological samples. With such small volumes there is minimal sample loss – a significant advantage for DNA researchers and other labs where there is limited availability of sample....
Waters ushered in the next era in polymer discovery with the introduction of the ACQUITY APC System. The system, which was developed in collaboration with The Dow Chemical Company, delivers dramatically improved polymer peak resolution, particularly for low molecular weight polymers and oligomers up to 20 times faster than traditional gel permeation chromatography (GPC)...
PANalytical, the world's leading supplier of analytical X-ray equipment and software, is set to launch its new software for X-ray fluorescence (XRF) systems. PANalytical developed Stratos, a brand new software package, for both the Epsilon 3 and Axios spectrometer ranges. The company will also be releasing an upgrade of the FingerPrint software for the Epsilon 3 range...
Waters Corporation (NYSE: WAT) and DANI Instruments today announced that Waters® Empower® Chromatography Data Software now provides control for DANI Headspace and Gas Chromatography instruments. Through this partnership, customers will now be able to take advantage of the full potential of both companies.Empower Software enables laboratory-based organizations to protect their original instrument investment by controlling a vast range of chromatographic modules, connecting them to arguably the most powerful data management system and reporting tool in the industry...